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M. CAMPBELL.

BALE TIE.

No. 263,761. Patented Sept. 5, 1882.

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UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARVIN CAMPBELL, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,761, datedSeptember 5, 1882.

' Application filed March 31, 1882. (No model.)

the following specification, reference being had t the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of the two ends of abale-tie embodying my invention, the body of the tie not being shown;Fig. 2, aside elevation of the same, showing the ends as they arebrought together and united for fastening; and Fig. 3, a plan View ofthe same, showingthe fastening after the ends are drawn down on thebale.

My invention relates to that class of baleties which are made of wire,and particularly to the fastening devices by means of which the ends aresecured together.

In another application of even date herewith, (Case A,) l have claimedgenerallya loop and tongue fastening, and have shown two .tnodes ofcarrying the invention into practice.

Thepresent iln provemen t consists in the special construction of theloop and tongue fastening illustrated but not claimed in my otherapplication mentioned above.

1 will proceed to describe in detail the construction and operation ofmy presentinvention, and will then point out definitely in the claimsthe particular improvements which I believe to be new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent.

In the drawings, A and B represent the respective ends of a wirebale-tie. In the end of the former aplain loop, 0, is made by bendingthe wire back upon itself and formingatwist, n. A short section of wire,D, is applied to the end B, being secured to the latter by a twist, 1),some distance from the end of the main strand, and leaving the free endof the latter considerably longer than the end of the wire D. A loop, E,is then'formed in the wire B just in front of the twist b by bending thewire back on itself, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, and the freeends of the two strands are fastened together by a twist, d,at the rearend of the loop, .as shown in the same figure.

This twist makes a tongue extending forward over the loop lengthwise,and the two ends of the tie are fastened together after the tie isplaced around the bale, as usual, by passing the loop 0 through the loopE, and then over the end of the tongue '01, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. When the bale is released and strain is brought upon the tiethe ends will be drawn down in the position shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawings, and the loop 0 will be held within the loop E by means of thetongue (I, which is somewhat longer than the loop E, and therefore willstrike the forward end of the latter, as shown in the same figure, andstop the loop 0 from drawing out.

This fastening device is simple, cheap, and secure, and if the bale canbe readily compressed slightly the ends may be unfastened withoutcutting, thereby permitting the tie to be used repeatedly.

As described above, the drawings show the tongue-loop formed in the mainwire; but oh- -Vi0usly'it maybe formed in the independent strand byreversing the relative lengths sufficiently for this purpose. If it isdesired, the loop and tongue may also be formed entirely from the mainstrand by turning the end back and bending and twisting the two strandsthus formed, substantially as described; but I prefer to employ a secondindependent strand, as it enables me to utilize refuse pieces of wire.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wire bale-tie, a fastening loop and tongue formed from twostrands of'wire twisted together at two points, and the loop made by abend in one of them, snbstantiallyas described.

2. The strands B and D, twisted together at the inner end of the latter,and of unequal lengths outward therefrom, the longerjone be ing bent toform a loop, l l,'and the two extremities twisted together to form atongue, d, at the rear end of the latter, substantially as MARVINCAMPBELL.

described.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. BROWN, ()RRIN N. KIMMIs.

